House speaker Nancy Pelosi is officially allowing remote voting for 45 days, following last week’s House vote approving vote by proxy during the coronavirus crisis. “In light of the attached notification by the Sergeant-at-Arms, in consultation with the Office of Attending Physician, that a public health emergency is in effect due to a novel coronavirus, I am hereby designating a ‘covered period’ pursuant to section 1(a) of House Resolution 965,” Pelosi said in a statement. The Senate homeland security committee has voted along party lines to authorize a subpoena in an investigation related to the business activities of Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, which was a key topic during Trump’s impeachment trial. CNN reports: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 8-6 to authorize the subpoena Chairman Ron Johnson requested for Blue Star Strategies, a US public affairs firm that worked with Burisma, the Ukrainian company which hired Biden.
It’s the first subpoena authorized in Johnson’s investigation into Burisma and Hunter Biden that ramped up following the end of the impeachment trial. The Wisconsin Republican has received documents from the State Department and National Archives and says he expects to release a report laying out the committee’s findings in the coming months. Continue reading... |